HomePal provides 2 movie rental options to our registered members, which are:1. Unlimited Rental - similar to "Eat All You Can" concept in some of the restaurants. Registered member shall pay a fixed low monthly subscription fee, and rent as many movies as he/she wishes. The number of disc (DVD or VCD) to be rented out at any one time, would depends on the type of membership plans subscribed. However, there is no limit to the number of movies member can rent each month. Member can watch or keep the disc(s) for as long as he/she wishes. There is no late fees, no due dates, no contract. Delivery and Return of movies are paid by us. Member can cancel their membership at anytime.

2. Casual Rental - This is a traditional method of movies rental, which is similar to renting a movie from the Video Rental Shop. Member is charged per DVD. Registered member is required to pay a *refundable security deposit during the registration. Each DVD is charged at a fixed price and there is a limit to the number of DVD can be rented each time depending the plan member has subscribed. Delivery and Return of DVDs are paid by us. Member is allowed to keep the DVD for a limited days and late fees applies, should the movie is not return to HomePal within the date stipulated.

Please read on to find out the details of the 2 rental methods.
(Please also refer to HomePal Standard Terms of Conditions for related terms to use our services.)

1. Subscribe to any of the HomePal unlimited membership plans. - User can click the "Sign Up Now!" or "Click HERE to JOIN NOW!" button found anywhere on the site and complete the registration.

2. Upon successfully registered, member will be presented a personalized member home page. - Many facilities are provided to assist member in selecting movies. eg. Movies searching and browsing functions, various customized movies recommendation functions. Member is also given the functions to perform other tasks pertaining to his/her membership account.

3. Select the movies you wish to rent from the movie listing. - Use the Movie Searcher, Movie Browser and the customized Movies Recommendation functions to find your favorite movies. Click the "Rent DVD" or "Rent VCD" button associated with the movie, which adds the movie title into your Rental Queue(s) (wish list).Note: To experience the uninterrupted movie rental experience, you need to ensure there are at least 15 movie titles in you Rental Queue. However, you can add more movie tittles in your Rental Queue at anytime.

4. View and Manage your Rental Queue.- You can view your Rental Queue by selecting the "My Movies" menu.- HomePal will dispatch your movies based on priority and availability of the movie. The movie at the top of the listing has the higher priority then those below. Depending on the membership plan you have subscribed, HomePal will dispatch the first available movie from the top of the listing. eg. If you are on Basic Plan (2 discs), HomePal will dispatch the first 2 available movies from the top of the listing.

You can manage and rearrange the listing by the action links provided at the Action Column;

Top - Move this movie title to the top of the list.Up Arrow - Move this movie title one step up.Down Arrow - Move this movie title one step down.Remove - Remove this movie from the Rental Queue.

5. Watch or keep the DVDs for as long as you wish.- You can hold on to the DVDs delivered to you for as long as you wish. Once you have watched or you wish to return, simply return the DVD in the same manner you have received. Note that only one disc can be inserted into the protective sleeve. Please refer to the Delivery & Return FAQ for the details of returning DVD.

6. HomePal dispatches the next movie in your Rental Queue.- On receiving the returned movie, HomePal will dispatch the next available movie in your Rental Queue. As such, it is very important to maintain a number of movies in your Rental Queue to eliminate unnecessary interruption in the dispatching process.

Rental Queue, is like a wish list which is a temporary movie titles storage area for each registered member. It is for the purpose to contain movie titles which member has selected and wishes to rent. HomePal dispatch movie to member base on the titles in the Rental Queue. The following are the things you can do with Rental Queue:- Add movie titles to Rental Queue.- Remove movie titles from Rental Queue.- Set the preferred dispatching order (priority) by arranging the movie titles position in the listing. The title at the top of the list is the highest priority. Note also the dispatching order is also depending on the availability of the title during the dispatching process.- View the movie details from the listing.

Yes. HomePal allows member the ability to create additional Rental Queue beside the default Rental Queue. However, the number of Rental Queue allowed, depending on the membership plan subscribed by member. In general, the Basic membership plan (2 discs) and above are able to create additional Rental Queue. The higher your plan, the more Rental Queue you are allowed to create. eg. If you have subscribed a HomePal Pro membership plan (4 discs plan), you are able to create up to 4 different Rental Queues.

By default, all new registered unlimited members will be given a default (Master) Rental Queue.

1. Simply logon to your member home page.2. Select the "Manage Rental Queue/Delivery Instruction" link from the "My Account" menu.3. There will be 2 separate sections:

3.1 Rental Queue - Display your current available Rental Queue(s).3.1.1You can create additional Rental Queue by clicking the "click here" link (after the sentence - "To create additional Rental Queue").Note: If you dont see the sentence "To create additional Rental Queue, click here", which means that you are not allowed to create additional Rental Queues.3.1.2. A small window will be displayed. Enter the name for the new rental queue and click the "Submit" button. A new rental queue will be created in the main window. Close the small window by clicking the "Close this window" link.

3.2 Your Delivery Instruction - This section allows you to specify how HomePal should pick movies from the Rental Queue(s). 3.2.1. You can instruct HomePal to pick all movies from one queue or from multiple queues.

One Queue - Select the first radio button option, and click the drop down box to select which queue name. All movie will be picked from the selected queue.

Multiple Queues - Select the second radio button option, and enter how many movie to pick from each queue. eg. Master = 1, SecondQueue = 2, this means HomePal will pick 1 movie from your Master Queue, and 2 movies from your SecondQueue.

Note: The total number of movies to be picked from the multiple queues cannot be more than maximum disc out (based on the rental plan subscribed).Click "Submit" button after you have specified your delivery instruction.

3.2.2You can remove the rental queue(s) from the listing by checking on the checkbox "Remove This Queue" and click on "Submit" button.

With Multiple Rental Queue, HomePal will dispatch the movies based on the "delivery instruction" given by member, which is, to pick the actual number of movie(s) from different rental queues.

Eg. Say a member has 2 Rental Queues = Rental Queue A, Rental Queue B, and the delivery instruction is 1 from each queue. HomePal will dispatch 1 movie from each queue to member. When the movie from queue B is returned to HomePal, the next available movie from rental queue B will be dispatched to member.

The multiple Rental Queues are useful especially when member wishes the movies to be dispatched to them, are of the specific genres or specific interest. Here are 2 examples:

1. Parents wish to receive movies with at least one children movie. Eg. Say the parents have subscribed to Basic rental plan (2 movies plan). Based on the rental plan, they are allowed to have 2 Rental Queues. What they need to do is to add their favorite movies to the Master queue, and children movies to the "SecondQueue", and specify the deliver instruction as 1 from each queue. HomePal will deliver 1 movie from each rental queue, and as such, children and parents are able to enjoy their movies.

2. Sibling or two friends can share the subscription fee and rent their favorite movies by creating the additional Rental Queue. Eg. Two friends wish to watch their own favorite movies. They can create 2 queues and each of them add their favorite movies to the their own queue. As such, they can get the share of the movies as well as cheaper rental.

In general, there is no limit on how many movies you can add into your Rental Queue. As a rule of thumb, you should have at least 15 titles, minimum, in your Rental Queue. It is really depends on how often you will logon to your home page to maintain the listing. It is no harm to add 30, 40 movie titles to your Rental Queue if you think you will be too busy to logon again in the next few weeks or month.

This service is based on monthly subscription membership, where the charge made to you is not influenced by the Rental Queue. A reminder will be sent to you when your rental queue runs low and it is your interest to ensure you have sufficient titles in your Rental Queue to avoid unnecessary interruption in the rental experience.

Casual Rental is the traditional way of renting movie. There is no monthly membership subscription fees, however, members need to pay a *refundable security deposit during registration process. Members are required to pay for each rented movie.

Member is given a limited time to keep the rented discs. Late return fees apply, should the rented movie(s) is returned after the stipulated date.- New Release movies - 2 days(subject to change)- Catalogue movies - 3 days(subject to change)

Please refer to HomePal Standard Terms and Conditions, section 13 Casual Plan (via the link at the bottom page) for the estimated delivery and expected return date and time.

For Unlimited rental, there is no late fees and due dates. You can rent and keep your movies as long as you want.

For Casual rental, you will be charged if the movie reaches us after the due date. The late fee is currently $1 per day (subject to change). Please refer to HomePal Price Plan and Charges for the latest update.

Movie in series/episodes or movie comes in a number of discs will be rented out in each individual disc. The individual disc will be displayed as separate title (with the disc no displayed along the movie title) in the movie listing. This provides the flexibility to members to rent a specific disc in the series. However, if member wish to rent the whole series, he/she shall select every disc from the movie listing.

HomePal is endeavour to dispatch the individual disc in the correct order, however we cannot guaranttee this since it is subject to availability and other factors. This feature will be enhanced in our future software release.

1.Customers who wish to subscribe to Free Trial must have the Free Trial code or promotion code and valid credit card in hand.

2. Customer must enter the code to eligible for the free trial rental service. Note that the code can only be used once.

3. There is one-time account setup fee ($1) is chargeable to customer's credit card during the registration.

Note: The fee is subject to change. Please refer to HomePal Price Plan and Charges for latest updates on fees.

4. Upon registered as Free Trial member; he/she is able to add movies to the Rental Queue. HomePal will dispatch the first available movie(s) to member.

Note: Member should adds more movie titles to Rental Queue, to ensure the continuous rental experience. (Recommended at least 15 titles)

Please read Free Trial FAQ for the relevant details.

5. Free Trial members who wish to continue the rental service with HomePal, do nothing, your Free Trial membership will be converted to paying membership. A monthly subscription fee will be taken from your credit card at the end of the trial period.

6. Free Trial members who wish to discontinue the rental service; he/she must cancel the account by clicking the "membership cancellation" link under the "My Account" menu.

Note: You must empty the Rental Queue, and return all the disc to HomePal before cancellation is allowed.
*Refundable security deposit - There will be $5 deducted from the deposit due to bank/transaction charges, if no rental is made by the casual plan member.